I love making tiny worlds that feel alive, and one trick I return to again and again is creating realistic water ripples without reaching for resin. Resin is wonderful, but it can be messy, smelly and intimidating — especially when you want to make small, repeatable effects or work in a...
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DIY Projects
If you want a tiny, delightful flipbook that fits in a postcard slot and flips...
DIY Projects
I love the idea of sending a tiny theater through the post — a little stage...
DIY Projects
I love making tiny theatrical objects — things that ask you to lean in, tip...
DIY Projects
I love sending small paper sculptures through the post — there's something...
I love making tiny theatrical objects — things that ask you to lean in, tip the light, and find a small surprise. This postcard-sized optical peep show is one of my favourite pocket-scale projects: it’s quick to make, uses inexpensive materials,...
I love sending small paper sculptures through the post — there's something delicious about a flat envelope that unfolds into a little surprise at the other end. But post is brutal: bends, slams, sorting machines. Early on I discovered the easiest...
I love making tiny sculptures you can tuck in a pocket — little characters, talismans, quirky heads and miniature scenes that feel finished even at thumb-size. Over the last few years I’ve printed a lot of these, tested cheap filaments and...
I love tiny optical tricks that make people do a double-take — a simple flip image on a postcard feels like magic you can hold. In this post I’ll show you how to design a one-sheet lenticular illusion for a postcard using ordinary household inks...
I’ve been obsessed with small mechanical tricks for as long as I can remember — the kind of thing that fits in your hand and transforms a simple sketch into a tiny world. This pocket-sized parallax viewer is one of my favourite make-at-home...
I love giving small, ordinary objects a second life, and matchboxes are one of my favourite starting points. They’re the perfect scale for tiny stagecraft: deep enough to create a little set, wide enough to tell a short story, and charmingly...
I love tiny things that feel like they hold secrets — miniature books are one of my favourite props for dioramas, still lifes and stop-motion setups. One detail that instantly makes a small book feel like it belongs to another world is an...
I love teaching short hands-on sessions that leave people with something enchanting to take home, and a 45‑minute solderless LED halo for tiny theatrical props is one of my favourites. It’s quick, tactile, and full of small surprises—perfect...
I love small mechanical surprises — the ones that make you tilt your head and grin. This coin‑hidden pop‑up is one of my favourite tiny tricks: a simple paper mechanism that hides a coin (or small token) and, when you spin it, reveals a tiny...
I’ve always loved tiny moments of surprise: a pattern that shifts when you tilt it, a little mechanism that hides a trick in plain sight. Recently I wanted a pocket-sized kaleidoscope that felt handmade, playful and a little rough around the edges...